From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 9 22:38:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD21216A403 for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2006 22:38:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dthomas53@gmail.com) Received: from pproxy.gmail.com (pproxy.gmail.com [64.233.166.181]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C87643D48 for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2006 22:38:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dthomas53@gmail.com) Received: by pproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id t32so926163pyc for ; Sun, 09 Apr 2006 15:38:51 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=HzB7fO7t/Sc6JXRGhBIIylJlt7j++XqAv7EkJFQjUTNkxb5fx/tiu9H1aF3UaqZJqkehcCANGTwFpeK9ehAMNnmykm3A3POjfNBtgsr1v6oqRNNvWUvBuGzWrwqvVgoRtEuIOaa6W2EdwRrnJh/cPbOH50w+WWoRaB3fbKVG5AA= Received: by 10.35.127.7 with SMTP id e7mr1435819pyn; Sun, 09 Apr 2006 15:38:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.15.17 with HTTP; Sun, 9 Apr 2006 15:38:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 18:38:51 -0400 From: "David Stanford" To: "infernus - Bluelight" In-Reply-To: <443962BA.9020802@infernusweb.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <443962BA.9020802@infernusweb.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie help! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 22:38:52 -0000 Ivan, Yes, you are a newbie as many of us are (including myself ;). You have already gotten some pretty good responses pointing you in the right direction to correctly set up a graphical desktop, such as the ones you saw in the screenshots. However, what the responses have not mentioned, and I think this is extremely important for newbies to understand, is that FreeBS= D is mainly a command line (CLI) driven operating system. Although, many people ause it as a desktop (graphical) system, you will need to do a good deal of researching and reading before a lot of the concepts and capabilite= s to set this up become entirely clear to you. I guess what really caught my eye in your post was "I feel the hope is dripping into the sink!". This is OKAY! I can't imagine anyone on this list not having the same exact feeling when they first installed FreeBSD for the first time...I know I did! Just remember that it will all come in time - yo= u just have to be willing to spare it. As most people on this list will reply with (I notice some already have), the FreeBSD handbookis the best place to start. Although the FreeBSD operating system isn't covered inside and out, its really a fantastic overall peice of documentation, especially considering the lack of "good" documentation foun= d in many Open Source projects. Anyway, good luck and don't get discouraged! And please, whatever you do, stay away from the penguin! ;) -David On 4/9/06, infernus - Bluelight wrote: > > > Sorry for bothering this mailing list, but I realy need some help.. > I find awsome screenshots from FreeBSD on various sites on the net, but > on my comp, > the only thing I see is a black screen with some white text on it, and: > ________________ > $| > > --------------------- > I just tested some commands on random, and found that "info" show some > kind of list with information on each "something".. > > How do I enter some kind of interface, or desktop, like on the > screenshots? > Is there a web-site or enything with tutorials explaining how to do all > this.. > > I was thinking about setting up a FTP and Apache server +mail maybe.. > But now when I see this black screen and don't have a clue on what to > do, or how to do enything.. > I feel the hope is dripping into the sink! > > Please help me somehow, with tutorials and important information for > starters.. > > > Thanks a lot.. Ivan S. - Norway > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >